In the previous episode, we looked at the very first stepping stone of the very origin of technology - very broadly defined, within our technocentric paradigm in this series, as the sum total of all human action that modifies something in the environment around us. Quite literally, this stepping stone was about the very first tool - the handaxe! Let’s now explore, as promised, how we got from there to here, from then to now, from stone to silicon.

From my previous articles and the first-principles approach I’ve taken, it’ll be obvious to you that there is a reason why I am starting...

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